Pedrosa tops the standings at Aragon in the wet, with Marquez fourth overall

It was a positive start to the weekend for the Repsol Honda Team at Aragon in wet/mixed conditions, with Dani Pedrosa setting the fastest time of the day in 1’59.858”, the only rider under the 2 minute barrier.

Marc Marquez was also very fast through both sessions to ultimately end fourth overall, having chosen to not take advantage of the session’s final minutes in changing conditions.

With the entire day affected by an intermittent drizzle, FP1 had also been run on rain tyres, with Marc and Dani first and second, respectively.

With weather forecast to improve for the weekend, Marc and Dani look forward to getting some dry track time tomorrow in order to best prepare for the race, which should also be run in dry conditions.

Dani Pedrosa

1st1'59.858

“I’m happy with this day, even if it was obviously a bit strange. Both times when we were preparing to go on track, it started to rain and we had to change setup and tyres. As it happened, we never had the opportunity to fit the slicks and didn’t do a lot of laps in the rain either because the track was wet, though not too much. This afternoon in particular, the last part of the track was almost dry, the long corner and the straight, and the tyres warmed up quite a lot. Tomorrow we’ll see which conditions we’ll have and what feeling we’ll be able to find.”

Marc Marquez

4th2'00.459

“Today was good, even if it was a particular one. In these kinds of conditions, it’s not possible to understand too much. The track was wet in the morning, whereas it dried quite a lot in the afternoon, toward the end of FP2. We decided not to take risks in the changing conditions and remained in the garage in the last minutes. Today it was actually good to work to reach a good feeling with the bike, but at the same time it was impossible to gather much information. Anyway, I felt good with the bike from the first lap. I was fast, so at the moment everything looks under control. Apparently it should be dry tomorrow and Sunday, so we’ll keep pushing and see where we are in dry conditions.”

MotoGP 2017Friday, September 22nd 2017

Practice
Round 14
Gran Premio de AragónAragon

Results Session

Drizzle

Humidity

87%

Track Temp

23°C

Air Temp

16°C

Pos.

Rider

Num

Nation

Team

Constructor

Time/Gap

1

Pedrosa Dani

26

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

1'59.858

2

Lorenzo Jorge

99

SPA

Ducati Team

Ducati

0.214

3

Zarco Johann

5

FRA

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

0.462

4

Marquez Marc

93

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

0.601

5

Abraham Karel

17

CZE

Pull&Bear Aspar Team

Ducati

0.613

6

Crutchlow Cal

35

GBR

Honda

0.624

7

Lowes Sam

22

GBR

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

Aprilia

0.727

8

Dovizioso Andrea

04

ITA

Ducati Team

Ducati

1.104

9

Espargaro Aleix

41

SPA

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini

Aprilia

1.157

10

Espargaro Pol

44

SPA

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

KTM

1.184

11

Bautista Alvaro

19

SPA

Pull&Bear Aspar Team

Ducati

1.245

12

Miller Jack

43

AUS

Marc VDS Racing Team

Honda

1.291

13

Smith Bradley

38

GBR

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

KTM

1.492

14

Iannone Andrea

29

ITA

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

1.613

15

Kallio Mika

36

FIN

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

KTM

1.634

16

Redding Scott

45

GBR

Octo Pramac Racing

Ducati

1.658

17

Vinales Maverick

25

SPA

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP

Yamaha

1.774

18

Folger Jonas

94

GER

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

1.887

19

Petrucci Danilo

9

ITA

Octo Pramac Racing

Ducati

1.952

20

Rossi Valentino

46

ITA

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP

Yamaha

2.059

21

Rins Alex

42

SPA

Team Suzuki Ecstar

Suzuki

2.219

22

Rabat Tito

53

SPA

Marc VDS Racing Team

Honda

2.534

23

Baz Loris

76

FRA

Reale Avintia Racing

Ducati

2.819

24

Barbera Hector

8

SPA

Reale Avintia Racing

Ducati

3.077

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An ultra-modern facility, MotorLand Aragón had its roots firmly established thanks to a solid history of street racing in Alcañiz, which hosted events between 1963 and 2003. Safety advice warning against the continuation of this led to the proposal and construction of a sporting complex dedicated to motorsport. With support… read more.

Location Information

An ultra-modern facility, MotorLand Aragón had its roots firmly established thanks to a solid history of street racing in Alcañiz, which hosted events between 1963 and 2003. Safety advice warning against the continuation of this led to the proposal and construction of a sporting complex dedicated to motorsport. With support… read more.